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 Metope * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
Metope * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
Greek Mythology > People, Places, and Things > Metope
The square spaces between the triglyphs of a Doric frieze, either plain or adorned with carved work; from the Greek word Metope, i.e.
www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Metope_1.html   (210 words)

  
 Metope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Metope was a river nymph, the daughter of the river Ladon.
Metopes were often decorated with carvings; the most famous example is the 92 metopes of the frieze of the Parthenon marbles depicting the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths.
In classical architecture, a metope is the space between two triglyphs of a Doric frieze.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metope   (181 words)

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